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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed May 4, 1903. Serial No. 155,461.

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Be it known that I, SYVER LOE, acitizen of the United States, residingat Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Voting-Machines; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention' relates to voting-machines, and has for its object toimprove the same in the several particulars hereinafter noted.

The invention consists o1c the novel devices and combinations of deviceshereinafter described, and dened in the claims.

Certain of the features illustrated in the application are disclosed andclaimed in my prior United States patents identiiied as follows: No.688,533, of date December 10, 1901; No. 688,534, of date December 10,1901, and No. 712,079, of date October 2 8, 1902.

The machine herein illustrated, as well as those illustrated in theprior patents above identified, involves in its most complete andapproved form several vertically-arranged series oi' registers andregister-actuators. Each series of registers and actuators is subdividedinto groups, the number of each in a particular group being equal to thenumber of candidates for the particular oice to which the group isappropriated. For each group of actuators there is a vote-limitingdevice which operates after the predetermined number of votes (one ormore) have been cast or selected for a particular ofhce to lock orrender inoperative all other actuators of that group. The vote-limitingdevices illustrated in the present machine are disclosed and broadlyclaimed in my above-identiiied patent, No. 712,079.

A machine embodying the several novel features of improvement over theprior machines is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the complete machine, including acabinet adapted to form a voting-booth, and showing also a man standingwithin the booth and operating the machine to register votes. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of the machine with some parts broken away and othersremoved. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken from front to rear of themachine on the line m3 of Fig. 2 and illustrating the two eXtremepositions of one Of the hinged sections of the machine. Fig.

4 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line w* mi of Fig.2, some parts being broken away and others being removed. Fig. 5 is airont elevation with some parts broken away and others sectioned,showing one section of the machine. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section onthe line ai fr oi' Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a detail taken in the samehorizontal section as Fig. 6, but showing different positions oi theparts. Fig. 8 is atransverse vertical section taken on the irregularline w8 .frs of Fig'. 6, some parts being broken away. Fig. 9 is atransverse vertical section on theY irregular line rc oil Fig. 6. Fig.10 is adetail in bottom plan looking at one of the register-actuatinglevers or keys and showing also certain associated parts. Fig. 11 is adetail in horizontal section on the line w ce of Fig. 2, showing in planone of the actuating-levers and means for locking the same. Fig. 12 is asection on the irregularline www12 of Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a detail invertical section on the line x13 w13 of Fig. 6. Fig. 14 is a detail insection on the line m1* w of Fig. 6, showing substantially the sameparts thatare shownin Fig. 13. Fig. 15 isasection on the line :uw w15otl Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a vertical section on the line fr fnl of Fig. 4,showing only the lower portion of the machine. Fig. 17 is a detail view,on an enlarged scale, taken on the sectional line fr m17 of Fig. 16.Fig. 18 is a detail in section on the irregular line w18 m13 oi' Fig. 4.Fig. 19 is a section on the line rc1 w1" of Fig. 18. Fig. 20 is a detailview, in vertical section, on the line m20 we oi Fig. 6. Fig. 21 is adetail in horizontal section ou the irregular line mi 0021 of Fig. 20,some parts being broken away. Fig. 22 is a plan View of theshipper-lever shown in Figs. 20 and 21. Fig. 23 is a face view oi' adisk which may be used as a ticket for independL1 ent.votes*that is, invoting for persons not represented on the ticket. Fig. 24 shows one ofthe stop-brackets and cooperating spacingdisks oi' the vote -limitingmechanism, said parts being shown in plan and being separated from eachother. Fig. 25 is a section on the line w25 w25 of Fig. 24. Fig. 26 is asection on the line m2 w26 oi' Fig. 6. Fig. 27 is a detail, partly insection and partly in elevation, showing a cooperating hub and pinion ofthe votelimiting mechanism. Fig. 28 is a detail in vertical section onthe line x28 m28 of Fig. 7, some parts being broken away. Fig. 29 is avertical section on the line mi m2 ot' Fig. 6, some parts being brokenaway. Fig. 30 is a detail in horizontal section on the line (63 .f1/'3IOO IIO

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of Fig. 29, some parts being removed and l others being indicated bydotted lines. Fig. 31 is a vertical section on the line m31 w31 of Fig.6, some parts being broken away. Fig. 32 is a plan View of certain ofthe parts shown in Fig. 29, certain other parts being broken away; andFig. 33 is a detail in vertical section on the line @331033 of Fig. 6,some parts being broken away.

Erm/@work md supports. --Advisabl y there is provided a case or cabinet1, having a boxlike base 2 and front and rear folding doors 3 and 4,respectively. The base 2 of the case 1 is conveniently supported by atable 5. The front doors 3 when opened up afford access to the actuatingkeys or levers and are adapted for use in connection with a rod 6 andcurtain 7 to form a voting-booth, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear doors 1when opened up afford ac- In this preferred arrangement of the machinethere are four vertically-disposed columns of registers or tallies andcooperating registeractuators and associated mechanisms, and each ofthese four groups of devices is supported by an independent rectangularskeleton frame, which is hinged to a common base for movements to andfrom an operative position, which two positions are best indicated inFig. 3.

The numeral 8 indicates a horizontally-extended hinge-rod which, asshown, is rigidly secured to hinged lugs 9 on one of the inner bars ofthe base 2. (See particularly Figs. 3, 4, and 6.) r1`he numeral 10indicates as entireties the four independently-hinged skeleton frames,havinglugs 11, which pivotloosely on the hinged rod 8.

Registers 0r tallies-The registers or tallies, which are indicated asentireties by the numeral 12, are arranged in vertical columns andsuitably mounted in case-sections 13, secured to the correspondingskeleton frames 10 and provided with suitable sight-openings, throughwhich the numerals marked on the peripheries of the several tally-wheelsmay be exposed to View. The unit members ot' the tally-wheels areprovided with ratchet-wheels 14, with which coperate spring-pressedretaining-pawls 15, pivoted to said case-sections 13, as best shown inFig. 6. These retainingpawis 15 permit free movements of the tallywheelsunder the actions ofthe cooperating actuating levers or keys, but areadapted to be held so as to lock the tallies by means best shown inFigs. 6, 29, 30, 31, and 32. Of the parts of this tally-locking devicethe numeral 16 indicates a vertically-disposed lock-bar, ot' which thereis one for each of the four vertical columns of registers or tallies.The lockbar 16 at its upper end is mounted on a loose eccentric 17,journaled in the upper portion of the corresponding skeleton frame 10,and at its lower end it is mounted on a similar eccentric 18, which,however, is carried by a short shaft 19, Inounted in the channeledbasepiece 10u of said frame 10, and is provided at one end with ahand-piece 20, by means or' which the eccentrics may be rocked to movethe lock-bar 16 from its inoperative position shown by full lines inFigs. 6, 29, and 30 into its inoperative position shown by dotted linesin Fig. 29. When in its inoperative position, the lock-bar 16 positivelyholds all of the retaining-pawls in their normal positions, (shown inFigs. 6 and 30,) and thereby locks the unit members of the talliesagainst movement in either direction.

1t is important to cover the tallies, so that while the polls are openedno person can determine the total number of votes registered 'for anycandidate. It is, however, very desirable that some means be providedwhich will enable the voter to see that votes have actually beenregistered for the candidates for whom he has voted. As a simple meanslor accomplishing this result I provide shieldplates 21, which cover thesight-openings that expose to view the numerals of all of thetallywheels except the unit members, but which have perforations 21,through which may be seen the alined numerals of the units-wheels onlyof the tallies.

r1`he shield-plates 21 are, as shown, held by a strip 22 and by theadjacent edges ot' corresponding ticket-holding plates 23. As shown, theshield-plates 21 are further held by pivoted dogs 24, which engagenotches in the ends thereof, as shown in Figs. 5 and 32, and hold thesame against lateral movement.

r1`he four ticket-holding plates 23 are suitably secured to the frontportions of the respective pivoted skeleton frames 10, and their edgesare turned inward, so as to frictionally hold in place the correspondingtickets, (indicated by the character .e in Figs. 2 and Theticket-holding plates themselves are best shown in Fig. 6. rl`he tickets.e will ofcourse be so disposed that-the different candidates indicatedthereon will be presented in horizontal line with the talliesappropriated thereto.

Reg/ster@w25/imita@ www m' key/.sa-lhe register-actuating levers 25, ofwhich there is one for each tally, arc located in horizontal planes, oneabove the other, and are pivoted each series on a vertical shaft 26,suitably supported at its ends and intermediate portion by thecorresjionding skeleton 'frame 10. Projecting iingcr-pieces 27 of thesaid actuatin g-levers work through guide-combs 28, suitably supportedon front of the corresponding frame 10.

Each actuating-lever 25 has a pivoted latch 29, which is adapted tospring laterally and which has a laterally-bent lug 30, that normallyprojects through an elongated slot 31 oi' the actuating-lever. Thepivot-shaft 26, it

will be noted by reference particularly to Figs. 6, 10, 11, and 12,passes through the elongated slot 31 of said actuating-levers, and thelatches 2,9 normally hold the said actuatinglevers TOO IOS

with one extremity of their slots 26 engaging the said rod for a purposewhich will hereinafter appear. Each actuating-lever 25 is provided witha tooth-segment 32 on one projecting arm and with a lock-shoulder 33,cam-surface 34, and cam-nose 35 on another projecting arm, all forpurposes which will also hereinafter appear.

To each actuating-lever 25 is pivoted a register-actuating pawl 86, theprojecting' toothed end of which acts upon the cooperating tallyratchet14 in a manner hereinafter described. The free ends of the pawls 36 workfreely through guide-combs 37, rigidly secured to the correspondingskeleton frame 10. At their intermediate portions the pawls 36 areprovided with longitudinal slots 38, in which work the eccentricintermediate portions of an eccentric-shaft 39, the trunnion-like endsof which are suitably journaled in the upper and lower portions of thecorresponding skeleton frames 10, as best shown in Figs. 6, 9, and 28.To the lower end trunnions of the eccentricshaft 89 are rigidly securedcrank-arms 40, having at their free ends roller-equipped studs 41. (Bestshown in Fig. 28.)

Vote-hlmtz'ag mec/aanma.F or the construction of the so-calledvote-limiting mechanism,7 which has been disclosed and broadly claimedin my prior`patent, No. 712,079, referred to above, attention is calledparticularly to Figs. 6, 8, 24, 25, 26, and 27. rEhe numeral 42indicates vertically-disposed nonrotary shafts, which are rigidlysupported, one on each skeleton frame 10, by means presently to bedescribed. )ach of these shafts is provided with a long key, whichextends nearly or quite from one end to the other thereof. Mounted toslide on each shaft 42, but held against rotation thereon by its key 48,is a series of screw-threaded hubs 44, on each of which hubs is mountedwith screwthreaded engagement a spur-pinion 45, which acts as a nut.Mounted on the shaft 42, between the sliding hubs 44, are washers 46.The same kind of washers are also placed just above the upper hub andjust below the lower hub, and all of said washers are held againstrotation by the key 43.

Each pinion 45 meshes with the toothed segment 32, carried by thecooperating actuating-lever 25, and it will be noted that said pinionshave Very wide faces as compared with the said segments, so that thesaid gears are permitted a very considerable lateral movement withoutgoing out of mesh with their cooperating segments. rl`he arms of thelevers 25, which carry the segments 33, work through guide-combs 47,rigidly secured to the corresponding frames 10.

The sliding hubs and gears are separated into groups'by stop-brackets48, preferably formed in two parts, having segmental seats afforded bylaterally-offset lips 48, which embrace and hold certain of the washers46.

(See Figs. 6, 8, and 24.) The sections of the stop-brackets 48 areprovided at their overlapping' ends with hooks 48, which clamp andfulcrum upon a vertically-disposed screwrod 49, provided with nuts50,7that clamp the said hooked ends. This screw-rod 49 and its nuts 50tie together and brace the several stop-brackets. rl`hese stop-brackets48 are rigidly secured to a vertically-disposed bar 51, shown ofangle-like form, which bar in turn is rigidly secured to thecorresponding skeleton frame 10. (See particularly Figs. 6 and 8.) Thebrackets 48 are adjustably secured to the bar 51, such adjustment being,as shown, accomplished by providing said bar with perforations 52 andproviding the sections of the brackets 48 with slotted feet 53,

through which and the said perforations work nutted bolts 54. rlhe greatimportance of having the stop-brackets 48 adjustable, so that the numberof hubs and pinions in a group may be quickly and easily varied, therebyadapting the machine to the conditions of different elections, is ofcourse obvious. It is of course evident that the intermediate bracketsmay be applied to hold any of the intermediate washers 46 and that thesaid washers being thus held become stops to limit the spreadingmovements of the hubs 44 and the pinions 45 of the group located be- 9tween any two adjacent washers. As best shown in Fig. 8, the non-rotaryshaft 42 .is provided at its ends with nuts 42, that are screwed againstthe upper and lower washers 46, so that the upper and lower brackets 48become supports for the said shaft.

Lem?) CZeta//)LW-'l`he section of the machine at the eXtreme right withrespect to Figs. 1 and 3 is appropriated to presidential elections andto certain proposed amendments which must be voted yes or no, and asthese proposed amendments are printed on the ticket and occupyconsiderable space it becomes necessary to render inoperative all ofthose actuating-levers coming within the vertical limits of the spaceoccupied by the amendment eXceptthosc two which stand directly in linewith the words yes anc no 'lhisl accomplish by the use of what is hereintermed a lever-detainer and which is best afforded as a stop forlimiting' the movement in the one direction of such of theactuating-levers as are capable of being operated, and those leverswhich are held inoperative by said strip are given an eXtreme movementin order that the said strip may engage and hold them. As

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is evident, those actuating-levers which are held as indicated in Fig.11 are rendered absolutely inoperative. By'this device any of theactuating-levers of the group may be rendered inoperative or held sothat they cannot be moved by the voter.

Starnight-cote Zanica-The straight-vote device employed in the presentmachine is broadly disclosed and claimed in my prior patent, No.688,534, above identified. In the arrangement of the ballots illustratedin Fig. 2 several of the uppermost actuatin 1,'leversas shown, the upperthree-of all of the groups except the group at thelextreme right areappropriated to straight votes, and straight-vote devices are providedfor coperation with the actuating-levers of the said three groups. Eachof the straight-vote devices involves parts which may be brieiiydescribed as follows, attention being especially called to Figs. 6, 7,13, 14, and 15: A so-called "straight vote stop-blade is made up of twosections 56 and 56, which blade-section 56 is secured to said shaft, andwhich blade-section 56u is loosely pivoted on said shaft. The shaft 57is loosely pivoted in portions of the corresponding frame 10 and is heldin different vertical adjustments by an adjustable stop 58. (See Fig.13.) By vertical adjustments of the shaft 57 the blade-section 56" maybe brought into position for coperation with any desired number of theupper actuating-levers, according to the number of political partiesrepresented on the ticket. For instance, if a fourth party were to berepresented on the tickets, the name of such party might be placed inthe fourth space from the top, which space in Fig. 2 is left blank.

Hence the vertical adjustment of the divided stop-blade is important. ltis furthermore believed to be a novel feature. The blade-see tions 56and 56 are connected for reverse pivotal movements by an oscillatinglever 59, pivoted to a bar 60, 'which in turn is secured for verticaladjustments by screw-and-slot engagement 61 to parts of thecorresponding frame 10. (See Fig. 14.) The ends of the lever 59 areconnected by links 62 to the respective blade-sections 56 and 56. At itscentral portion the lever 59 is further provided with a V-shapedcam-notch 63, that is engaged bythe point of a spring-pressedcenteringplunger 64, mounted for sliding movements on a lateralextension of the adjustable bar 60. The said springpressed plunger,acting on the notch 63, yieldingly holds the blade-sections normally inthe same planegto wit, in intermediate positions indicated by full linesin Fig. 6.

The arms of the actuating-levers 25, which carry the previously-notedparts 33, 34, and 35, work through a guide-comb 65, suitably secured tothe corresponding frame l0. The said parts 33 34 coperate with theblade-section 56 and 56 in a manner which will be made clear in thedescription of the opera-l tion. In Figs. 13 and 14 the blade-section 56is shown as provided with an endwise-movable locking-bolt 66, which intherpresent adjustment of the machine performs no oflice, but is adaptedto pass through lugs 66 on the blade-section 56 to lock the said bladestogether when the machine is to be used as a primary-election machine,an action which need not here be considered.

Independent-cote clefuz'caw-To provide for the voting of independentvotes-that is, the voting for candidates not represented on theticketsfe-there is provided a novel device, preferably constructed asfollows: Loosely journaled in all of the frames 10 except the one at theeXtreme right is a vertical rock-shaft 67, which is provided withtappets 68, that normally stand in position to be engaged one by thecam-lug 35 of those actuating-levers which are appropriated toindependent votes. On all of the tickets except the one at the rightspaces will be left blank or marked to indicate independent votesopposite those actuating-levers which are assigned to independent votes.At its lower end (see Figs. 2O and 21) the rock-shaft 67 is providedwith a collar 69 and an arm 70. rlhe arm 70 is engaged by a pin 71 of aslide 72, mounted in the base 2. At their front ends the slides 72 areprovided with cut-ofi' blades 73, that normally close entrance-passagesof delivery-spouts 74, which spouts are adapted to receiveindependentvote tickets e', shown as of disk-like form, (see Figs. 20and 23,) and deliver the same into suitable receptacles in the base 2. Aspring 75 yieldingly draws each slide 72 forward, as shown in Figs. 2Oand 21. A stop-pin 76 on the frame 10 cooperates with an arm 77 on eachshaft 67 to limit the movement of said shaft under the action of thevspring 75.

To the bottom of the frame 10 is pivoted a lifting-lever 78, having acam-surface 78, and the free end of which lever is pronged and underliesthe collar 69 of the shaft 67. The depending iiangeof the three slides82 at the left are provided with' cam-studs 82, that support the freeends of the levers 78 and coperate with their cam-surfaces 78 WV hen oneof the actuating-levers appropriated to independent votes is moved fromIOO IOS

its normal position (indicated by full lines in Fig. 6 and by dottedlines in Fig'. 7) into its set position, (indicated by full lines inFig. 7,) its cam-lug 35 engages the corresponding' arm 68 of therock-shaft 67 and causes said shaft and parts carried thereby to moveinto the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6. Under thismovement of the said rock-shaft its arm 70, acting on the pin 71, forcesthe slide 72 rearward far enough to cause the cutoff blade 73 to open upthe spout 74 and permit one of the disk-like tickets e" to drop into andthrough the said spout. The said spout is thus opened up a very shortlength of time,

Ipreferably only sufiicient to permit one of the tickets e to drop. Thisvery quickly closing action of the spout is due to the fact that whenthe parts reach the positions indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6 thecam-lug 35 passes out of the arc of movement of the engaged tappets ofthe shaft 67' and permits the spring 75 to quickly restore the cut-offblade 78, the slide 72, and rock-shaft 67 to their normal positions. Topermit the independent-vote actuating-levers to be returned to normalpositions with their cam-lugs 35 again to the left of the shaft-arms 68the shaft 67 is raised far enough to carry its arms 68 into horizontalline with the space between the actuatinglevers, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 20. This vertical movement of said shaft is effected by avertical movement of the lifting-lever 78, and said lever is raised bythe engagement of the cam-studs 78a with the cam-surface of said lever.

Restoring mechanism. To simultaneously return all of the setactuating-levers of agiven series to normal position, there is providedwhat is herein termed a restoring-bar. This restoring-bar 79 isvertically disposed and held for parallel movement by a pair of links80, pivoted thereto and to lugs 81 on the upper and lower portions ofthe corresponding frame, as best shown in Figs. 6 and 9. As is evident,when the restoring-bar 79 is moved forward from. its normal position(indicated by full lines in Figs. 6 and 9) into the position indicatedby dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 9, the said levers will be restored tonormal positions.

For each restoring-bar 79 there is a so-called restoring-slide 82, whichis mounted to move horizontally from front to rear of the inachine insuitable guides 83, formed in the lower portions of the correspondingframes 10, as best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. As shown, the restoring-bars7 and 9 work through clearance-slots 82h, cut in the respective slides82. Each restoring-slide has a depending flange equipped with acam-acting roller or stud 84, which when the slide is moved forwardengages first with a cam-surface 85 and then with a depending finger 86of the corresponding lower link 80. When the roller engages thecam-surface 85, it moves the links and connected restoring-bar slowly,but with an inversely great power. This slow butpowerful action makes iteasy to start the actuatinglevers toward their normal positions. Afterthey have been started or given an initial movement the roller 84engages the finger 86 and imparts an accelerated movement to the saidlinks and restoring-bar. It will be noted that a considerable initialmovement of the slide 82 is required to bring. the roller 84 into actionon the cam-surface 86. The purpose of this will appear in thedescription of the operation. Each restoring-slide 82 is furtherprovided near its forward end with a longitudinal cam-slot 87, theforward portion of which turns abruptly toward the left with respect toFigs. 4, 6, and 7. The roller-equipped studs 41 of the arms 40 of theeccentric-shafts 39 work in these cam-slots 87.

The initial forward movement of the slide 82 causes the cam-groove 87,acting on the roller 41, to oscillate the eccentric-shaft 89 and causethe same to throw the pawls 36 of the said actuators rearward from theinoperative position (indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6) into anoperative position. (Indicated by full lines in Fig. 7.) It will benoted that in moving one of the actuating-levers from its normalposition to a set position and back again while the eccentric-shaft 89stands in a normal position the hooked end of the pawl 36 will clear theteeth of the tally ratchetwheel 14 and will not operate thereon. This isdesirable in order that a voter even after having' moved anactuating-lever into a set position may change his vote. Attention ishere called to the fact that the above-noted movement of theeccentric-shaft and pawls 86 is accomplished while the roller 84 of theactuating-slide 82 is being moved forward into action on the cam-surface85 of the lower link 80.

The several restoring-slides 82 are connected for simultaneous movementby a tie-bar 88, mounted for parallel movements ina hori- Zonta] plane,by a parallel bracket-like link 89, pivoted thereto and to the front ofthe base 2, as best shown'in Figs. 2 and 4. The forward ends of therestoring-slides 82 are detachably connected to the tie-bar 88, asshown, by roller-equipped studs 90, carried by said slides and workingin slots 91 of said tie-bar 88.

A hand-lever 92, pivoted to the top and front portion of the base 2, isprovided with an eccentric hub 93. A connection, as shown, in the formof a chain 94 is attached at one end to the tie-bar 88 and at its otherend is attached to and adapted to be wound on the said eccentric hub 98.(See Figs. 2, 4, and 16.) The tie-bar 88 is further connected, as shown,by a link 95 to the forward end of a plunger 96, which is mounted toslide through bearings 97 and 97 a on the rear portion of the base 2, asbest shown in Figs. 4 and 16. The rear end of the plunger 96 is providedwith an exposed handpiece 96a, by means of which it may be drawnrearward. Said plunger is adapted to be locked in either one of two eX-treme positions by a lock best afforded by a pair of lock-blades 98,pivoted to the inner bearings 97 and adapted to engage one or the otherof two notches 99, formed in said plunger. A spring 10() connects thefree ends of the lock-blades 98 and yieldingly draws said blades ontothe plunger.

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With an oblong head 102', which when turned as shown by dotted lines inFig. 17 and by full lines in Fig. 18 spreads the lock-blades 98 andreleases the plunger 96. As shown, the key-rod 101 is provided with adetachable finger-piece 103. (Shown both by full and dotted lines inFig. 4.)

Secured to the plunger 96 is a trip-finger 104, which works on aguide-rod 105, suitably supported by the base 2. (See Figs. 4 and 18.)The key-rod 101 is provided with a projectingr arm which terminates in arounded cam-head 106, that stands in the path of movement of thetrip-finger104. (See Figs. 4, 18, and 19.)

Operation-When the machine is adjusted as above described` it is adaptedfor use at so-called final elections 7 or at elections where a so-calledsplit ticket may be voted. and its action is then substantially asfollows: The four frame-sections 10 will of course stand upright, andthe actuators and various other devices will all stand in their normalpositions above indicated. The voter may move the proper number ofactuating-levers 25 into set positions, as indicated by full lines inFig. 7, under which movements the eccentric-shaft 89 will hold thehooked ends of the pawls 36 out of engagement with the tallyratchet-wheels 14, so that any one of the said actuating-levers may beset and again returned individually to normal position without action onthe corresponding' tally. The action of the vote-limiting mechanism hasalready been described, and the action of the so-called stright-votestop-blade has been briefly indicated, but is further made clear by thefollowing' statements: By inspection' blade-section 56 will move thesame rear-k ward and through the lever 59 and links 62 move theblade-section 56 forward, so that its edge will stand in front of theshoulders 33 of all of the levers 25 which are appropriated toindividual votes, thereby lockingsaid latter levers in their normalposition. On the other hand, whenever one of the actuating-leversappropriated to individual votes is moved into a set position a reversemovement of the bladesection 56 and 56 will take place and all of thestraight-vote levers will vbe locked in normal positions. Thestraight-vote levers of a given section of the machine of courseconstitute one group, and the cooperating vote-limiting' mechanism isarranged to permit the move- .ment of but one of the said levers of thegroup. Assuming now that all of the actuating-levers are set which thevoter is entitled to use, he

release the plunger 96 and pei-'mit the oper# ator to move the lever92,- together with the tie-bar 89 and restoring-slides 82, into the po-`sitions indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 7. As the plunger 96 isdrawn forward its trip-linger 104 engages the cam-head 106 of thekey-rod 101 and moves the same, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 18,so that the spring 100 will then draw the lockingblades 98 onto theplunger. This releasing of the locking-blades at this time is importantin order that they may engage the rear notch 99 of the said plunger andlock the same and the above-noted parts 88 and 82 in the dottedlinepositions just noted. After a person has voted and left the machine theoperator' or attendant resets the machine lirst by again turning` thekey-shaft101 so that its head 102 again stands as indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 17 and then restores the movable parts to normal positionsby drawing rearward on the operating-plunger 96. Under the outwardmovement of the plunger. its trippingiinger 104 again acts on thecam-head 106 of the key-shaft 101 and trips the locking-blades 98 againinto action in the manner previously described. Hence when the plungerreaches its normal position to the rear the lock-blades 98 willautomatically engage the forward notch 90 thereof` and lock the saidplunger and parts connected thereto in their normal positions. Under theinitial forward movement of the tie-bar 88 and restoring-slides 82 thecam-grooves 87, acting on the rollers 41 of the eccentric-shaft arms 40,throws the pawls 36 slightly rearward, so that their ends stand inposition for action on the ratchetwheel 14 of the respective tallies, asalready more fully described. This same initial movement ofthe saidtie-bar 88 and restoring-slides 82 carries the cam-studs 82u of saidslides against the cam-surfaces 78u of the lifting-levers 78, (see Fig.20,) and thereby raises the rock-shafts 67 and moves its tappets 68 outof line with the cam-lugs 35 of the actuating-levers 25, as shown bydotted lines in Figs. 9 and 20. This, as already stated, preventsinterference by the tappets 68 with the returnmovementsofthecoperatinglevers25. Continued forward movements of therestoringslides brings the rollers 84 of said slides into action on thelower link in a manner already fully explained, and thereby moves therestoring-bars 79 forward into a position indicated by dotted lines inFigs. 7 and 9 and simultaneously restores to normal position all of theset actuating-levers, under which movementsto normal the pawls 36operate upon the corresponding ratchet-wheels 14, and thus actuate thetallies and record the votes thereon. After the polls have closed andbefore the machine is opened up the tally-locking' bars 16 should bemoved so as to lock the tallies, which action has been fully describedin connection with details shown in Figs. 29 and 30 and also in Fig. i6.In this way all danger of the tallies being moved from theirproperly-set positions, either by accident or design, is obviated.

In resetting' the machine the frame-sections 10 and the mechanismsmounted thereon are preferably turned downward into horizontalpositions, as indicated by full lines in Fig. 3, so as to give readyaccess to the various devices that are to be readjusted. In resetting'the vote-limiting devices and in rearranging 'the groups of mechanism tocorrespond to different ballots or tickets the gear-segments 32 of theactuating-levers are thrown out of mesh with the cooperating pinions 45,this being conveniently accomplished with the construction illustratedin Figs. lO, 1l, and l2 by springing the latches 29 out of operativepositions and moving the said levers as far as permitted by their slots31, this being clearly shown in Fig. l0.

It will of course be understood that the machine above described iscapable of many modifications as to details of construction within thescope or' my invention herein set forth and claimed.

In practice I propose to mark the spaces in a particular column oppositethe keys assigned to so-called independent votes with different numeralsand to mark the blank tickets or disks e which are to be used to castvotes for the several different olhces with corresponding numerals. Thiswill prevent the use of more than one of the blank tickets to vote for aparticular candidate. The voter will of course be given but one blankticket of each kind.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

1. In a voting-machine, the combination with a group of registers andregister-actua-- tors, of a restoring-bar mounted on parallel pivotedlinks for parallel swinging movement in a constant plane for action onsaid actuators, to restore the same to normal positions, and arestoring-slide foroperating said restoringbar, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a voting -machine, the combination with several series ofregisters and registeractuating' levers, ot' register-actuating pawlspivoted to said levers, a restoring-bar for each series of levers, arestoring-slide operating' on each restoring-bar, a tie-bar operating onthe several restoring-slides, a handpiece .for operating said tie-bar,and an eccentric operating on each series of pawls to throw the same toand from operative positions and provided with a projecting arm subjectto a camgroove in the corresponding restoring-slide,

substantially as described.

3. In a voting-machine, the combination with several series of registersand registeractuators, of reg'ister-actuating pawls subject to saidactuators, a restoring-bar for restoring' said actuators to normalposition, a restoringslide operative on said restoring-bar, a tie-barconnecting the several i.'estoring-slides for simultaneous movements,`means for operating said tie-bar, and a shifting device operating' tothrow each series of pawls to and from operative positions, whichshifting device is subjectto said restoring-slide, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a voting-machine, the combination with a group ot' registers andregister-actuators, of register-engaging' pawls subject to saidactuators, means for moving said pawls to and from operative positions,a restoringbar operative to restore said actuators simultaneously tonormal position, thereby imparting operative movements to said pawls,and a restoring-slide operative, by initial Inovement, on saidpawl-shifting means, to throw said pawls into operative positions, andoperative, by continued movement, to move said restoring-bar,substantially as described.

5. In a voting-machine, the combination with a group of registers andregister-actuating levers, of register-engaging' pawls, operated by saidlevers, an eccentric for moving said pawls into and out of operativepositions, said eccentric having a projecting arm, a restoring-baroperative on said levers, for simultaneously restoring the same tonormal position, and a restoring-slide operating' on said restoring-'barand having a cam-groove operating on the arm of said eccentric andserving, under an initial movement, to throw said pawls into operativepositions, substantially as described.

6. In a voting-machine, thecombination with a group of registers andpivoted register-actuating levers, of a restoring-bar mounted forparallel swinging movement for action on said actuating-levers, arestoring-slide operating' said restoring-bar, and a hand-lever withconnections for operating said restoringslide, substantially asdescribed.

7. In a voting-machine, the combination with a group of registers andregister-actuating levers, of a lever-restoring bar, a pair of parallellinks supporting said bar, and a restoring-slide having' a partoperating on one of the said links, to move said restoringbar and causethe same to simultaneouslyy restore the set levers to normal positions,substantially as described.

- 8. In a voting-machine, the combination with a base-support, of aplurality ot' framesections pivoted to said support jr'or a hingelikemovement to and from operative positons,and voting mechanism, involvinggroups of registers and register-actuators, mounted on eachframe-section, substantially as described.

9. In a voting-machine, the combination with a base-support, of aframe-section lpivoted thereto, groups of registers andregisteractuators mounted on said pivotal frame, an actuator-restoringbar mounted on said frame, a bar-actuating' slide also mounted on saidIOO IIO

